Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode
अशेषवेदसारं तत् पशुपाशविमोचनम् / अन्त्याश्रममिति ख्यातं ब्रह्मादिभिरनुष्ठितम्
aśeṣavedasāraṃ tat paśupāśavimocanam / antyāśramamiti khyātaṃ brahmādibhiranuṣṭhitam
એ વિધાન સર્વ વેદોનું સાર છે; બંધાયેલ જીવના પાશોને મુક્ત કરનાર છે. તે ‘અંત્ય આશ્રમ’ તરીકે પ્રસિદ્ધ છે અને બ્રહ્મા આદિ દેવોએ પણ તેનું અનુષ્ઠાન કર્યું છે।
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing the sages/Indradyumna contextually on liberating dharma aligned with Pāśupata teaching
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
By framing liberation as the removal of pāśa (bondage) from the paśu (the bound individual), the verse implies the Self’s freedom is intrinsic; bondage is a removable condition, and the liberating discipline reveals the already-unbound reality.
The verse points to a Pāśupata-oriented liberating discipline—treated as the Veda’s essence—culminating in antyāśrama (renunciant culmination), where practice is directed to cutting the fetters of attachment and identity, not merely ritual merit.
By endorsing a Pāśupata (Shaiva) liberation-framework within a Kurma (Vaishnava) voice, the text presents a synthesis: the same supreme liberating truth is affirmed across sectarian forms, as the Vedic essence practiced by the highest beings.